Texas Election Code
§ 211.007 — PRESERVATION OF RECOUNT PAPERS
EL § 211.007Title 13. RECOUNTS · Ch. 211. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section, "recount papers" means the documents requesting a recount, amendments to those documents, records of notices given, records of costs of the recount, and file copies of statements of costs.
(b)A recount coordinator shall retain the recount papers in the coordinator's possession for the longest of the following periods:
(1)the period for preserving the precinct election records;
(2)60 days after the date the canvass of the recount is completed;
(3)30 days after the date assessed costs are finally settled; or
(4)30 days after the date an amount owed by a person against whom costs are assessed is referred for collection.
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Legislative history
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 206, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.